Delta Unveils This Year’s Premium Wine List

First and Business Class passengers flying between the UK and the United States with Delta Air Lines can now enjoy some delicious new vintage wines and champagnes on board.

Delta’s Master Sommelier, Andrea Robinson, hand-picked the 2017 Premium Wine collection, including some exclusives to Delta One (First) customers flying between London Heathrow and the United States.

The vintages will appear on a rotating seasonal basis, with two different reds and whites available every three months. Over the summer (June-August), one white will be substituted for a refreshing French rose on flights to Delta’s eight U.S. destinations served from Heathrow.

The first corks to be popped include Alphonse Mellot “la Moussière” Sancerre and Sokol-Blosser Dundee Hills Pinot Noir. Throughout the year, business class customers will also be offered Charles Heidsieck Brut champagne as well as dessert wine or port following the main meal service.

So well regarded are Delta’s wines that the previous port, Calem 10 Year Old Tawny, was recently awarded a silver medal at the annual U.K. Cellars in the Sky awards.

Each of the latest wines in this year’s offering has been chosen to pair with Delta’s seasonally rotating food menus. For spring, the airline is offering dishes including pan fried cod with cumin sauce, dhal makhani and saffron rice. Throughout the next 12 months, the wines served have been sourced from France, New Zealand, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United States.

“I always look forward to hand-selecting the Delta One wine line up, and this year was no exception,” said Robinson. “Delta’s unique wine programme provides an opportunity to offer a variety of regionally-sourced wines, including small, emerging and family-owned wineries, onboard to its customers. Each menu includes a rich diversity of regional origin, with wines that pair well with the flavours and cooking styles of the season.”

With passengers in Delta’s premium cabins consuming more than 2.5 million bottles of wine, champagne and port each year, Andrea has some experiences palettes to please. But the fact that Andrea samples 1,600 different wines from around the world every year to curate her Delta selections, her judgement is surely second-to-none and we are very much looking forward to trying her onboard elections.

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